vampyr

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr (“vampire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vampyːr/, [ʋɑmˈpʰyɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

vampyr c (singular definite vampyren, plural indefinite vampyrer)

  1. vampire
  2. vampire bat (Desmodontinae)

Inflection
Declension of vampyr
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vampyr vampyren vampyrer vampyrerne
genitive vampyrs vampyrens vampyrers vampyrernes

Descendants
  • → Greenlandic: vampyri
  • → Icelandic: vampíra

See also

Norwegian Bokmål
vampyr

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr (“vampire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɑmˈpyːr/

Noun

vampyr m (definite singular vampyren, indefinite plural vampyrer, definite plural vampyrene)

  1. vampire

References

“vampyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr (“vampire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɑmˈpyːr/

Noun

vampyr m (definite singular vampyren, indefinite plural vampyrar, definite plural vampyrane)

  1. vampire

References

“vampyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr (“vampire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vamˈpyːr/
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Noun

vampyr c

  1. vampire

Declension
Declension of vampyr 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vampyr vampyren vampyrer vampyrerna
Genitive vampyrs vampyrens vampyrers vampyrernas
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